Winner Profile

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Look at the picture above(IN MULTIMEDIA) (From Left to Right) Jinwoo, Mino, Seungyoon, Taehyun, and Seunghoon

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Birth Name: Kang Seung Yoon
Stage Name: Seungyoon
Birthday: January 21, 1994
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Blood Type: B
-He is from Busan, South Korea
-He was fourth place on reality show Super Star K2
-In 2013, he debuted as a solo singer

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Birth Name: Kim Jin Woo
Stage Name: Jinwoo
Birthday: September 26, 1991
Position: Vocalist, Face of the Group
Blood Type: A
-He is YG's longest trainee. Training for eight years.
-Seungri used to be his mentor

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Birth Name: Lee Seung Hoon
Stage Name: Seunghoon
Birthday: January 11, 1992
Position: Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Lyrics
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: A
-He is from Busan, South Korea
-He choreographed a dance for a G-Dragon flash mob
-He finished fourth place on the first season of Kpop Star

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Birth Name: Song Min Ho
Stage Name: Mino
Birthday: March 30, 1993
Position: Main Rapper
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 67 kg
Blood Type: A
-He started out as an underground rapper by the name "Hugeboy Mino" and worked with people like Block B's Zico and P.O and M.I.B's SIMS
-He used to be a trainee under Stardom Entertainment and was supposed to be in Block B
-He is a former member of BoM

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Birth Name: Nam Tae Hyun
Stage Name: Taehyun
Birthday: May 10, 1994
Position: Main Vocalist, Maknae
Height: 179 cm
Blood Type: A

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Winner (: 위너; stylized as WINNER) is a South Korean idol group formed in 2014 by . The group's five members are , , . Kim Jin Woo and Nam Tae Hyun

The group was first introduced in the reality survival program called "Who is Next: WIN" as "Team A." Team A and their adversaries Team B (now known as ) were both formed from trainees within YG Entertainment. The teams competed against each other in order to debut as the first YG boy K-Pop group in eight years, after . At the conclusion of the program the title of "WINNER" was given to Team A after they won all three rounds of public voting.

After several delays, the group made their Korean debut on August 15 at YG Family Concert and following their broadcast debut on August 17 with their first official stage on . On September 10, the group debuted in Japan. Their debut is considered one of the best debuts of 2014.



HistoryPre-debut

Prior to the group's debut, the leader Kang Seung-yoon was a former contestant who reached the final four. He decided to sign with in 2011. In the same year, he made his acting debut in the sitcom . In 2013, he had made a solo debut releasing multiple tracks notably "It Rains" which achieved an all-kill.

Lee Seunghoon, the group's main dancer, was also a former reality-show singing contestant. He was a contestant in where he came in fourth place. recruited Seunghoon. On May 16, YG Entertainment announced they had signed an exclusive contract with Seunghoon. Like Seung-yoon, Seunghoon returned to trainee status under the company.

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